Entrepreneurs startups

Vietnamese entrepreneurs need to embrace failure much more readily in order to build a successful online business. Vietnam Online Startup Forum 2018 is an ideal platofrm for entrepreneurs and startup founders to access the newest trends and best practices Around 70 per cent of startups fail in the first five years due to problems related to financial management and sales and marketing activities. To help Vietnamese startups embrace failure much more, IM Group, under the auspices of Vietnam E-commerce Association (VECOM), has recently organised Vietnam Online Startup Forum 2018 with the participation of more than 1,000 entrepreneurs and businessmen in Ho Chi Minh City. At the forum, around 12 keynote speakers from prestigious firms like Amazon, Nguyen Kim, Zalo Business, IM Group, and Deca.vn shared stories and best practices to overcome failure. Le Thanh Nhan, CEO of Lecon Seafoods, established his first seafood business in 2006, which soon took off and reported a … [Read more...] about Vietnamese startups encouraged to embrace failure

Vietnam has seen huge growth in startups in recent years, with 3,000 registered startups in 2017. Vietnam has seen huge growth in startups in recent years, with 3,000 registered startups in 2017. Despite this growth, the local startup ecosystem is lagging behind other leaders in the region, in terms of a coordinated national approach, such as in Thailand, Singapore and Malaysia. If only we could tap into the ambition, creativity and commitment of this new generation of young Vietnamese entrepreneurs to help find solutions to the biggest challenges the country faces? This is the challenge the UN Development Programme (UNDP), Citi Foundation and the Ministry of Science and Technology (MoST) have taken up as co-leads to deliver Youth Co:Lab Vietnam 2018. Following the launch in Hanoi on June 15, the Youth Co:Lab Diagnostic workshop was reorganised in Ho Chi Minh City, at Saigon Innovation Hub on June 22, to bring all major players in the impact startup ecosystem together and … [Read more...] about Citi Foundation supports local innovation and startups

Viet Nam has seen huge growth in startups in recent years, with 3,000 registered startups in 2017. Despite this growth, the social impact startup ecosystem lags behind other leaders in the region in terms of a coordinated national approach, such as in Thailand, Singapore and Malaysia. Citi Foundation supports innovation, startups in Vietnam If only we could tap into the ambition, creativity and commitment of this new generation of young Vietnamese entrepreneurs to help find solutions to the biggest challenges the country faces? This is the challenge the UN Development Programme (UNDP), Citi Foundation and the Ministry of Science and Technology (MOST) have taken up as co-leads to deliver Youth Co:Lab Viet Nam 2018. Following the launch in Ha Noi on the 15 of June, the Youth Co:Lab Diagnostic workshop moved to Ho Chi Minh City, at Saigon Innovation Hub on today 22nd June, to bring all major players in the impact startup ecosystem together and plot a course to foster the … [Read more...] about Citi Foundation supports innovation, startups in Vietnam

The grant is awarded to women, especially ethnic minority, disadvantaged and disabled people. The program will also provide consulting services to 4,000 new startups founded by women; 15 cooperation units and 10 cooperatives that will be managed by women. The projetc aims to raise women's role in the economic development and help them implement their creativity, start and grow their businesses. The municipal goverment has asked the Department of Science & Technology, the Department of Planning and Investment, the Department of Labor, War Invalids and Social Affairs and the city Women's Union to coordinate to study policies supporting women-led businesses. By KIEU PHONG - Translated by Kim Khanh Tags: emale entrepreneurs startup support new startups founded by women women-led businesses … [Read more...] about 2,000 female entrepreneurs to receive startup support

During a reception for visiting Vice President of IFC for Asia and Pacific Snezana Stoiljkovic in Hanoi on April 11, PM Phuc suggested IFC and other international organisations invest in renewable energy, that Vietnam has great potential. He hoped IFC would cooperate with some Vietnamese financial institutions, and support Vietnam in improving its financial management capacity. Prime Minister Nguyen Xuan Phuc (R) and Vice President of International Finance Corporation for Asia and Pacific Snezana Stoiljkovic For her part, Stoiljkovic congratulated the Vietnamese Government on its effective economic management in recent times, which contributed to the stable economic growth. This is an important basis for IFC to continue cooperating with Vietnam in the coming time. She said 2017 is a successful year for IFC’s activities in Vietnam, especially in supporting the private economic sector. IFC wants to work with and assist Vietnam in developing new fields, thus … [Read more...] about PM calls for IFC’s support for startups